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Fear of this possibility in particular led Tiberius to ask the senate for any part in the administration that it might please them to assign him, saying that no one man could bear the whole burden without a colleague, or even several colleagues.

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Tiberius Claudius Nero Caesar (November 16, 42 BC – March 16, 37 AD) was a Roman emperor (14 AD – 37 AD) and general.

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Native Name: Tiberius Claudius Nero • Tiberius Iulius Caesar

Alternative Names: Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus • Tiberius Julius Caesar • Imperator Caesar Divi filius Augustus • Emperor of Rome Tiberius • Emperor of Rome Tiberius Claudius Nero • Tiberius Caesar Augustus • Emperor Tiberius • Tiberius Caesar • Caesar Tiberius • Marcus Gallius Claudianus • Tibeius Gallius Claudianus

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Siquidem locutus aliter fuerit, dabo operam ut rationem factorum meorum dictorumque reddam; si perseveraverit, in vicem eum odero.

Quid scribam vobis, p[atres]. c[onscripti]., aut quo modo scribam, aut quid omnino non scribam hoc tempore, dii me deaeque peius perdant quam cotidie perire sentio, si scio.

If So-and-so challenges me, I shall lay before you a careful account of what I have said and done; if that does not satisfy him, I shall reciprocate his dislike of me.

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